Exhibitions

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Surtout de Table (Table Centerpiece)

Surtout de Table (Table Centerpiece)
Photo: Ellen McDermott © Smithsonian Institution

Cooper Hewitt Presents “Tablescapes: Designs for Dining”
On View Oct. 5–April 14, 2019
10.05.2018
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Nation to Nation Exhibition Photo

Credit: Paul Morigi/AP Images for The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Commemorates 150th Anniversary of the Fort Laramie Treaty with the Sioux and Arapaho
10.04.2018
American Indian Museum Exhibitions
Game Change Elephant Graphic
Smithsonian Libraries Opens “Game Change”
10.04.2018
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Exhibitions
Sean Scully: Landline Cover

Sean Scully: Landline Cover

Smithsonian Books Releases Sean Scully: Landline  
Hirshhorn Exhibition Companion Book Available Now
10.03.2018
Smithsonian Books Exhibitions
Colleen Wing and Misty Knight
Colleen Wing and misty Knight

Detail featuring Colleen Wing and Misty Knight from "Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods andHeroes" © 2018 Marvel

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Spiral Graphic
Detail from "Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes"

Detail from "Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and

Heroes" © 2018 Marvel

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Daredevil, Red Wolf and Lobo Graphic
Daredevil, Red Wolf and Lobo

Detail featuring Daredevil, Red Wolf and Lobo from Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and

Heroes © 2018 Marvel

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The Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, Black Widow and Captain Marvel Graphic
Black Panther, Black Widow, Hulk, Thor and Captain Marvel

Detail featuring Black Panther, Black Widow, Hulk, Thor and Captain Marvel from "Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes" © 2018 Marvel

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Spider Graphic

Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes

Aliens Invade New York City in “Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes”
Veregge Reimagines Marvel Superheroes in the Artistic Style of His Native Northwest Coast
09.28.2018
American Indian Museum American Indian Museum Heye Center Exhibitions
Bill Traylor, House, ca.
“Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Is the First Major Retrospective of an Artist Born Into Slavery
Exhibition Is the Most Comprehensive Look at Bill Traylor’s Work To Date
09.25.2018
American Art Museum Exhibitions
man jumping

Tseng Kwong Chi by Tseng Kwong Chi, © 1979, Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today”
09.25.2018
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
perspective shot of gem and mineral collection
Smithsonian Receives Rare Topaz for the National Gem Collection
Whitney Flame Topaz To Go on Public View Sept. 20
09.20.2018
Natural History Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
Black and white photo
Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Traces Japanese Artists’ Response to Modernity With Two Exhibitions
“Japan Modern” Explores Photography and Prints in the 20th Century
09.17.2018
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Plaza
Hirshhorn Presents Acclaimed Artist Pat Steir’s Largest Site-Specific Work to Date
28 New Paintings Will Span Nearly 400 Feet Around Museum’s Inner-Circle Gallery
09.14.2018
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Green stamp album
“John Lennon: The Green Album” Opens at National Postal Museum
Special Showing Coincides With U.S. Postal Service Issue of Music Icons Stamp
09.07.2018
Postal Museum Exhibitions
building exterior
“Within These Walls” Exhibition Uses Technology To Bring Stories to Life
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Updates Gallery With Theatrical Projections
08.31.2018
American History Museum Exhibitions
Late Senator John S. McCain III
Photograph of the Late Senator John S. McCain III by Steve Pyke On View at the National Portrait Gallery

Sen. John S. McCain III by Steve Pyke, 2005, inkjet print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © 2005, Steve Pyke.

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zoo entrance
Nudist Colony Opening at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Watch Live 24/7 on New Webcam
08.27.2018
National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions
Black and white photo of workers installing sewer pipe
Nebraska State Historical Society
Crossroads

Laying sewer pipes in Kearney, NE, 1889.

Nebraska State Historical Society, nbhips 13068

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Sun setting behind barn
Johnny Adolphson/Shutterstock.com
Crossroads

Utah farmstead.

Johnny Adolphson/Shutterstock.com

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National Portrait Gallery Celebrates the Centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s Birth
A Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson Will Be on Display Aug. 23
08.22.2018
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Highlights Changing Landscape of Rural America
Simultaneous Tours Begin in Florida, Illinois and South Carolina
08.22.2018
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Announces Tino Sehgal’s ‘This You’
Internationally Acclaimed Artist’s Outdoor Work Will Debut Labor Day Weekend
08.09.2018
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Page from comic book
©2016, Somos Arte, LLC
Taíno Perseverance

Puerto Rican superhero La Borinqueña is shown during a mystical encounter with the powerful deity Yucahu, who appears as a mountain-sized version of a cemi, a type of ritual object.  In the comic, she encounters other Native deities originally described in the 1498 chronicle An Accou

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